Participation in the St. Andrew’s School program brings with it hopes for specific outcomes for both child and family, including safe, healthful, and stimulating care that supports positive behavior and optimal development. Additionally, our goal is to meet parental expectations for quality care by building trusting relationships between home and center.  Our classrooms support the needs of the child and family in relationship to successful early childhood education. The Twos program follows Connecticut’s Guidelines for the Development of Early Learning for Infants and Toddlers.

Our preschool environment encourages investigation as well as child initiative through which children will meet specific goals as outlined by The Connecticut Preschool Curriculum Framework such as:

Personal and Social Development:

• demonstrate a sense of self as a learner
• demonstrate a sense of responsibility to oneself and others
• demonstrate effective functioning, individually and as a member of a group           

Physical Development:

• demonstrate control, balance, strength, and coordination in fine and gross motor tasks
• participate in healthy physical activity
• practice appropriate eating habits, hygiene, and self-help skills

Cognitive Development:

• demonstrate the ability to think, reason, question, and remember
• engage in problem solving
• use language to communicate, convey, and interpret meaning
• establish social contacts as they begin to understand the physical and social world

Creative Expression/Aesthetic Development:

• use different art forms as a vehicle for creative expression and representation
• develop an appreciation of the arts